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Introduction to radiometry / William L. Wolfe

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; 29Publisher: Bellingham, Wash. <1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA> : SPIE, c1998Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 184 p. : ill.)ISBN:
  • 9780819478566
  • 0819427586
  • 9780819427588
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 0819427586. | 9780819427588. | Available in another form: No title DDC classification:
  • 539.77
  • 539.7/7 21
LOC classification:
  • QC475
DOI: DOI: 10.1117/3.287476Online resources: Additional physical formats: Also available in print version.Summary: Radiometry is an essential part of the optical design of virtually every optical instrument, and key to many applications. It is also used to measure the radiation of various objects. This tutorial examines both the techniques of calculating radiative transfer and the measurement of fluxes and radiometric properties of various sortsSummary: 1. Introduction -- History -- OrganizationSummary: 10. Calibration standards -- Types of Standards -- Photometric Standards -- Flux Standards -- Synchrotrons -- Material StandardsSummary: 11. Measurement techniques -- Relative and Absolute Measurements -- Errors -- Rules of Measurement -- The Measurement Equation -- A Taxonomy of MeasurementsSummary: 12. Measurement of fluxes -- Measurement of Power -- Measurement of Incidance -- Measurement of Exitance -- Measurement of Intensity -- Measurement of Radiance -- Calibration Techniques for RadiometersSummary: 13. Measurement of material properties -- Total Hemispherical Emissivity -- Spectral Directional Emissivity -- Total Directional Emissivity -- Specular Reflectivity -- Specular Transmittance -- Internal Transmittance and Absorption Coefficient -- Directional-Hemispherical Reflection -- Directional-Hemispherical Transmittance -- Bidirectional Reflectance and Transmittance -- Refractive IndexSummary: 14. Radiometric temperatures -- Radiometric Temperatures -- Atmospheric Transmission -- Effective TemperatureSummary: 15. Polarization effects -- Descriptions of Polarization -- Polarization from Dielectrics -- Polarization from Metals -- Polarization from Surface Scattering -- Polarization from Slits -- Polarization as a Result of Atmospheric Transmission -- Representative Mueller MatricesSummary: 2. Radiometric quantities, the language -- Angle and Solid Angle -- Projected Area and Projected Solid Angle -- Definitions of Basic Radiometric Quantities -- Photonic Radiometric Quantities -- Spectral Variables -- Spectral Radiometric Quantities -- Luminous Quantities -- Fluometry -- The Chinese Restaurant SystemSummary: 3. Radiative transfer -- The Fundamental Equation of Radiative Transfer -- Lambertian Emitters -- Transfer between a Differential Element and a Disk -- Other Geometries and DistributionsSummary: 4. Transmission, reflection, emission, and absorption -- Some Definitions -- The Conservation of Power -- Kirchhoff's Law -- Absorption and Emission -- Transmission and Reflection -- Some Examples -- Relationships among Transmissivity, Reflectivity, Absorptivity, and EmissivitySummary: 5. Radiance -- The Invariance of Radiance in a Vacuum -- Invariance of (Reduced) Radiance across an Interface -- The Invariance of Throughput -- Path RadianceSummary: 6. Sources -- Laser Sources -- Blackbodies -- Cavity Radiators -- Thermal SourcesSummary: 7. Detectors -- Detector Descriptions -- Detector Types -- Detector Noises -- Summary of Noises -- Summary of Detector Properties -- Some Real ProblemsSummary: 8. Review of optics -- Photons, Waves, and Rays -- Interference -- Diffraction -- The Thin Lens -- Ray Traces -- Paraxial Ray Traces -- Aberrations -- Stops and PupilsSummary: 9. Normalization -- The Need for Normalization -- Effective Values -- Photometry -- An Illuminating Example -- Other Normalizations -- Normalization to the Peak -- Normalization to the Average -- Normalization to the Bandwidth -- A Nasty DenormalizationSummary: Appendix. Some geometric configuration factors -- Introduction -- Preliminaries and Definitions -- Plane Parallel Rectangles -- Two Perpendicular Plane Rectangles -- Contour Integration -- Infinite Planes, Concentric Spheres, and Infinitely Long Cylinders -- Some Other Geometries -- Summary and OverviewPublication frequency: Erscheinungsweise: 1. Introduction -- History -- OrganizationPPN: PPN: 1018189211Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-50-SPI
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